Population in Albania compared to Malta: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Malta	Albania	Malta
1960	1,608,800	326,550	-	-
1961	1,659,800	325,250	3.17%	-0.4%
1962	1,711,319	323,900	3.1%	-0.42%
1963	1,762,621	322,550	3%	-0.42%
1964	1,814,135	321,250	2.92%	-0.4%
1965	1,864,791	318,800	2.79%	-0.76%
1966	1,914,573	315,200	2.67%	-1.13%
1967	1,965,598	311,550	2.67%	-1.16%
1968	2,022,272	307,900	2.88%	-1.17%
1969	2,081,695	304,300	2.94%	-1.17%
1970	2,135,479	302,650	2.58%	-0.54%
1971	2,187,853	302,700	2.45%	0.02%
1972	2,243,126	302,450	2.53%	-0.08%
1973	2,296,752	302,200	2.39%	-0.08%
1974	2,350,124	301,996	2.32%	-0.07%
1975	2,404,831	304,222	2.33%	0.74%
1976	2,458,526	305,774	2.23%	0.51%
1977	2,513,546	306,970	2.24%	0.39%
1978	2,566,266	310,182	2.1%	1.05%
1979	2,617,832	313,342	2.01%	1.02%
1980	2,671,997	316,645	2.07%	1.05%
1981	2,726,056	318,982	2.02%	0.74%
1982	2,784,278	325,898	2.14%	2.17%
1983	2,843,960	330,524	2.14%	1.42%
1984	2,904,429	330,593	2.13%	0.02%
1985	2,964,762	336,452	2.08%	1.77%
1986	3,022,635	342,121	1.95%	1.68%
1987	3,083,605	344,485	2.02%	0.69%
1988	3,142,336	347,325	1.9%	0.82%
1989	3,227,943	350,722	2.72%	0.98%
1990	3,286,542	354,170	1.82%	0.98%
1991	3,266,790	363,845	-0.6%	2.73%
1992	3,247,039	367,618	-0.6%	1.04%
1993	3,227,287	371,308	-0.61%	1%
1994	3,207,536	374,797	-0.61%	0.94%
1995	3,187,784	377,419	-0.62%	0.7%
1996	3,168,033	379,905	-0.62%	0.66%
1997	3,148,281	382,791	-0.62%	0.76%
1998	3,128,530	385,287	-0.63%	0.65%
1999	3,108,778	387,578	-0.63%	0.59%
2000	3,089,027	390,087	-0.64%	0.65%
2001	3,060,173	393,028	-0.93%	0.75%
2002	3,051,010	395,969	-0.3%	0.75%
2003	3,039,616	398,582	-0.37%	0.66%
2004	3,026,939	401,268	-0.42%	0.67%
2005	3,011,487	403,834	-0.51%	0.64%
2006	2,992,547	405,308	-0.63%	0.37%
2007	2,970,017	406,724	-0.75%	0.35%
2008	2,947,314	409,379	-0.76%	0.65%
2009	2,927,519	412,477	-0.67%	0.76%
2010	2,913,021	414,508	-0.5%	0.49%
2011	2,905,195	416,268	-0.27%	0.42%
2012	2,860,708	420,028	-1.53%	0.9%
2013	2,816,902	424,810	-1.53%	1.14%
2014	2,773,767	433,481	-1.53%	2.04%
2015	2,731,293	444,220	-1.53%	2.48%
2016	2,689,469	454,505	-1.53%	2.32%
2017	2,648,285	467,106	-1.53%	2.77%
2018	2,607,733	483,903	-1.53%	3.6%
2019	2,567,801	503,912	-1.53%	4.13%
2020	2,528,480	515,490	-1.53%	2.3%
2021	2,489,762	518,150	-1.53%	0.52%
2022	2,451,636	531,113	-1.53%	2.5%
2023	2,414,095	552,747	-1.53%	4.07%
2024	2,377,128	568,847	-1.53%	2.91%
2025	2,359,884	574,955	-0.73%	1.07%
2026	2,342,445	578,756	-0.74%	0.66%
2027	2,325,583	580,829	-0.72%	0.36%
2028	2,308,931	582,657	-0.72%	0.31%
2029	2,292,108	584,129	-0.73%	0.25%
2030	2,275,057	585,315	-0.74%	0.2%
2031	2,258,025	586,254	-0.75%	0.16%
2032	2,241,237	586,948	-0.74%	0.12%
2033	2,224,113	587,297	-0.76%	0.06%
2034	2,206,455	587,151	-0.79%	-0.02%
2035	2,188,805	586,661	-0.8%	-0.08%
2036	2,171,011	586,003	-0.81%	-0.11%
2037	2,152,744	585,174	-0.84%	-0.14%
2038	2,134,317	584,125	-0.86%	-0.18%
2039	2,115,391	582,893	-0.89%	-0.21%
2040	2,096,231	581,634	-0.91%	-0.22%
2041	2,077,210	580,285	-0.91%	-0.23%
2042	2,058,255	578,871	-0.91%	-0.24%
2043	2,039,438	577,384	-0.91%	-0.26%
2044	2,020,787	575,789	-0.91%	-0.28%
2045	2,002,071	574,143	-0.93%	-0.29%
2046	1,983,055	572,420	-0.95%	-0.3%
2047	1,964,257	570,534	-0.95%	-0.33%
2048	1,945,501	568,553	-0.95%	-0.35%
2049	1,926,519	566,709	-0.98%	-0.32%
2050	1,907,462	564,751	-0.99%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Albania's population will shrink by 18.6% to 1,907,462 people with a rank change from 145th to 148th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.